Bbc news. We begin in westminster, where the Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist and wrong frank hester has apologised for making what he called rude comments about britains first black female mp. The row dominated Prime Ministers questions as labour has called on the conservatives to give the money back. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . I the Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept, and i would give that money back. I have to give you my view, rather than what the party should do, but ive tho
Force. What does that mean . Correspondence say its a relatively smalljoint Military Force put on alert. Most likely to secure nigers borders. West African Leaders is a dialogue with the leaders of this Military Coup will be the bedrock of the approach that they take to this crisis. Well, basically, one of the major decisions was the, despite all and open, including the option of Military Force as a last resort. They have now ordered the activation of the Standby Force. When this is going to start, we dont know. One of the other things that the us leaders have done is to reiterate their condemnation of the coup in niger as well as the continued detention of president mohamed bazoum. They also condemned the condition in which they say the president and his family have been kept and they are insisting that all the measures that have been put in place earlier, including a resolution as well as Border Closure and restriction of movement, will remain in force while they explore every means
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Hi everyone and thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. Im in dc and we are following two Major International stories this afternoon. The first of them out of israel or the us and jordan have conducted more humanitarian aid drops into gaza. And the first equipment to build a Temporary Port In Gaza for aid is now in route to that region. Were going to get to more on that in just a moment. Again, in haiti, where the us military has evacuated Nonessential Personnel from the us embassy in portauprince. The Airlift Operation was ordered as the Gang Violence in that Island Nation worsens. Gang leaders are now threatening civil war if the Prime Minister does not leave office. And now at is under a State Of Emergency until april 3, cnn chief National Security correspondent Alex Marquardt is joining us by phone and cnns Patrick Oppmann is live from cuba with the latest details. Alex, lets start first with you. Tell us more about this evacuation well jessica significant concern growing abo
Saying, quote the fires began on tuesday and are now about 80 contained. The blazes spread quickly, fuelled by strong winds generated by a hurricane over the pacific ocean. Thousands are still in emergency shelters. Visitors are being evacuated from the island. These are the latest pictures we Have Smouldering Ruins and total devastation. The worst destruction has been on the island of maui, where some beachfront areas have been completely levelled. Us President Joe Biden has now declared the wildfires a major disaster. This triggers the release of federal funds to help Recovery Efforts. He spoke earlier. We have just approved a major disaster declaration for hawaii, which will get aid into the hands of people who desperately need the help now. Theyve lost, anyone who has lost a loved one, whose home has been damaged or destroyed, is going to get help immediately. And ive directed that we send support to these brave firefighters and First Responders and Emergency Personnel working arou